Disc
1 |
| 1 | L' Africaine, grand opera / Giacomo Meyerbeer |
| 2 | Die Meistersinger von Nür / Richard Wagner |
| 3 | Madama Butterfly (Madame / Giacomo Puccini |
| 4 | Pagliacci, opera: Recitar / Ruggero Leoncavallo |
| 5 | Manon Lescaut, opera: Don / Giacomo Puccini |
| 6 | Les contes d'Hoffmann, op / Jacques Offenbach |
| 7 | Tosca, opera: Recondita a / Giacomo Puccini |
| 8 | Der fliegende Holländer ( / Richard Wagner |
| 9 | Rigoletto, opera: Ella mi / Giuseppe Verdi |
| 10 | Die Zauberflöte (The Magi / Wolfgang Amadeus Moz |
| 11 | La Gioconda, opera in 4 a / Amilcare Ponchielli |
| 12 | Die Entführung aus dem Se / Wolfgang Amadeus Moz |
| 13 | Don Giovanni, opera, K. 5 / Wolfgang Amadeus Moz |
| 14 | Die Walküre (The Valkyrie / Richard Wagner |
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Disc
2 |
| 1 | L'elisir d'amore, opera: / Gaetano Donizetti |
| 2 | Aida, opera: Se quel guer / Giuseppe Verdi |
| 3 | Il barbiere di Siviglia ( / Gioachino Rossini |
| 4 | O Vaterland, du machst be / Franz Lehár |
| 5 | Paloma querida, for voice / Anonymous |
| 6 | Maria, song (from "West S / Leonard Bernstein |
| 7 | Tosca, opera: E lucevan l / Giacomo Puccini |
| 8 | Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75: / Richard Wagner |
| 9 | Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. / Pyotr Il'yich Tchaik |
| 10 | La forza del destino, ope / Giuseppe Verdi |
| 11 | La bohème, opera: Che gel / Giacomo Puccini |
| 12 | Carmen, opera: La fleur q / Georges Bizet |
| 13 | La Traviata, opera: Lungh / Giuseppe Verdi |
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The Greatest Tenors of the Century |
| 1.
| L' Africaine, grand opera in 5 acts: O Paradiso 3:44
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| Composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer |
| Performed by Enrico Caruso |
| 2.
| Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, opera, WWV 96: Morgenlich leuchtend 4:17
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| Composed by Richard Wagner |
| Performed by Peter Anders and Stuttgart State Orchestra |
| Conducted by Ferdinand Leitner |
| 3.
| Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Mädchen, in deinen Augen liegt ein Zauber 8:45
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| Composed by Giacomo Puccini |
| Conducted by Manfred Gurlitt |
| Performed by Helge Rosvaenge |
| 4.
| Pagliacci, opera: Recitar!...Vesti la giubba 3:37
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| Composed by Ruggero Leoncavallo |
| Performed by Saint Cecilia Academy Orchestra and Mario del Monaco |
| Conducted by Francesco Molinari-Pradelli |
| 5.
| Manon Lescaut, opera: Donna non vidi mai 2:49
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| Composed by Giacomo Puccini |
| Performed by Sándor Kónya |
| Conducted by Antonino Votto |
| 6.
| Les Contes d'Hoffmann, opera in 4 acts: Il était une fois à la cour d'Eisenach 5:22
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| Composed by Jacques Offenbach |
| Performed by Alfredo Kraus and Welsh National Opera Orchestra |
| Conducted by Carlo Rizzi |
| 7.
| Tosca, opera: Recondita armonia 2:49
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| Composed by Giacomo Puccini |
| Performed by Franco Corelli |
| Conducted by Lorin Maazel |
| 8.
| Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63: Mein herz voll Treue bis zum Sterben 5:16
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| Composed by Richard Wagner |
| Conducted by Ferenc Fricsay |
| Performed by Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra and Wolfgang Windgassen |
| 9.
| Rigoletto, opera: Ella mi fu rapita...Parmi veder le lagrime 5:12
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| Composed by Giuseppe Verdi |
| Conducted by Rafael Kubelik |
| Performed by Carlo Bergonzi and La Scala Theater Orchestra |
| 10.
| Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön 4:42
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| Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| Performed by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Fritz Wunderlich |
| Conducted by Karl Bohm |
| 11.
| La Gioconda, opera in 4 acts: Cielo e mar 4:26
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| Composed by Amilcare Ponchielli |
| Conducted by Bruno Bartoletti |
| Performed by Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra and Giuseppe di Stefano |
| 12.
| Die Entführung aus dem Serail, opera, K. 384: Wenn der Freude Tränen fließen 5:08
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| Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| Conducted by Karl Bohm |
| Performed by Dresden Staatskapelle and Peter Schreier |
| 13.
| Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Dalla sua pace 4:36
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| Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| Conducted by Ferenc Fricsay |
| Performed by Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra and Ernst Haefliger |
| 14.
| Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Ein Schwert verhieß mir der Vater 6:20
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| Composed by Richard Wagner |
| Performed by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Jon Vickers |
| Conducted by Herbert von Karajan |
| 15.
| L'Elisir d'amore, opera: Una furtiva lagrima 4:15
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| Composed by Gaetano Donizetti |
| Conducted by James Levine |
| Performed by Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Luciano Pavarotti |
| 16.
| Aida, opera: Se quel guerrier io fossi!...Celeste Aida 4:34
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| Composed by Giuseppe Verdi |
| Conducted by Claudio Abbado |
| Performed by Plácido Domingo and La Scala Theater Orchestra |
| 17.
| Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera: Ecco ridente in cielo 7:03
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| Composed by Gioachino Rossini |
| Conducted by Claudio Abbado |
| Performed by Luigi Alva,
Ambrosian Opera Chorus and London Symphony Orchestra |
| 18.
| O Vaterland, du machst bei Tag, for voice & piano (or orchestra) (from"Die lustige Witwe") 3:02
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| Composed by Franz Lehár |
| Performed by René Kollo and Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conducted by Herbert von Karajan |
| 19.
| Paloma querida, for voice & orchestra 3:36
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| Composed by Anonymous |
| Performed by Francisco Araiza |
| 20.
| Maria, song (from "West Side Story") 3:01
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| Composed by Leonard Bernstein |
| Conducted by Leonard Bernstein |
| Performed by José Carreras |
| 21.
| Tosca, opera: E lucevan le stelle 4:32
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| Composed by Giacomo Puccini |
| Conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli |
| Performed by Plácido Domingo and Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus |
| 22.
| Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75: In fernem Land, unnahbar euren Schritten 5:36
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| Composed by Richard Wagner |
| Performed by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,
Siegfried Jerusalem and Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor |
| Conducted by Claudio Abbado |
| 23.
| Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Nu, shto zhe?...Kuda, kuda, kuda, vy udalilis 8:14
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| Composed by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky |
| Performed by Dresden Staatskapelle and Neil Shicoff |
| Conducted by James Levine |
| 24.
| La forza del destino, opera: La vita è inferno...O tu, che in seno 5:41
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| Composed by Giuseppe Verdi |
| Conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli |
| Performed by José Carreras and Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus |
| 25.
| La bohème, opera: Che gelida manina 5:20
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| Composed by Giacomo Puccini |
| Conducted by Leonard Bernstein |
| Performed by Saint Cecilia Academy Orchestra and Jerry Hadley |
| 26.
| Carmen, opera: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée 4:16
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| Composed by Georges Bizet |
| Conducted by Claudio Abbado |
| Performed by Roberto Alagna and Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 27.
| La Traviata, opera: Lunghe da lei...De' miei bollenti spiriti 3:23
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| Composed by Giuseppe Verdi |
| Conducted by James Levine |
| Performed by Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Luciano Pavarotti |